The 2009 Korean Tour, titled as the 2009 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.
It was the fifth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Seoul Broadcasting System, that was announced in June 2004.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(₩) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 5 Apr KEB Invitational (1st) China 400,000,000 Lee Tae-gyu (1) n/a 12 Apr SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 Kang Wook-soon (11) n/a 26 Apr Ballantine's Championship Jeju €2,100,000 Thongchai Jaidee (n/a) 32 ASA, EUR 17 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (5) 14 ASA 24 May SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (1) n/a 31 May SBS Lake Hills Open South Jeolla 300,000,000 Hong Chang-kyu (1) n/a 7 Jun SBS Kumho Asiana KPGA Championship Gyeonggi 500,000,000 Hong Soon-sang (2) n/a 14 Jun SBS Ace Savings Bank Open Gyeonggi 300,000,000 Lee Seong-ho (3) n/a 6 Sep SBS Samsung Benest Open Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Lee Seong-ho (4) n/a 13 Sep Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,000,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (6) 14 ONE 20 Sep SBS Meritz Solmoro Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 Kim Dae-sub (7) n/a 27 Sep KEB Invitational (2nd) Gangwon 400,000,000 Kim Dae-hyun (1) n/a 11 Oct SBS Johnnie Walker Blue Label Open Jeju 300,000,000 Maeng Dong-seop (1) n/a 18 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 700,000,000 Ryu Hyun-woo (1) n/a 25 Oct SBS Emerson Pacific Hilton Namhae Open South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (2) n/a New tournament 1 Nov SBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay Championship North Jeolla 300,000,000 Lee Ki-sang (1) n/a
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
Position Player Points1 Bae Sang-moon 4,7702 Kim Dae-sub 4,3953 Lee Seong-ho 3,1154 Kim Dae-hyun 3,0455 Park Sang-hyun 3,015
Awards AwardWinner Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) Bae Sang-moon Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) Kim Do-hoon
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